Individual Details
Hans Greiter
(Abt 1673 - )
Hans Greider landed in America on 4 August 1717. On 14 May 1715 he was one of nine Mennonite families that signed a letter in Ittlingen, Palatinate protesting a tax on Anabaptists. Hans settled on 400 acres in present-day West Lampeter between the Conestoga River and Mill Creek.
There are differences among researchers on who this husband and his wife are. Instead of Hans Greiter (1673-1725) and Anna (1680-1743), Ruth Clark, et.al.; Melvin Eby; Ivan Leaman; and James Strite gave the couple as Jacob Grittor (1681-1741) and Elizabeth.
There are differences among researchers on who this husband and his wife are. Instead of Hans Greiter (1673-1725) and Anna (1680-1743), Ruth Clark, et.al.; Melvin Eby; Ivan Leaman; and James Strite gave the couple as Jacob Grittor (1681-1741) and Elizabeth.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1673 | ||||
| Alt name | John Kreider | ||||
| Death | , , PA |  |  |
Families
| Spouse | Anna (1680 - 1743) |
| Child | Anna Greiter (1698 - ) |
| Child | Barbara Greiter (1700 - ) |
| Child | Jacob Greiter (1702 - 1742) |
| Child | Veronica Greiter (1704 - 1789) |
| Child | Hans Greiter Junior (1705 - 1779) |
| Child | Martin Gryter (1706 - 1758) |
| Child | Jorg Kreider (1707 - 1744) |
| Child | Maria Greiter (1710 - ) |
| Child | Heinrich Greiter Senior (1711 - 1750) |
| Child | Michael Greiter (1713 - ) |
| Child | Tobias Kreider Senior (1714 - 1789) |
| Father | Michael Kreider (1640 - ) |
Notes
Death
Hans Greiter may have died around 1725.Endnotes
1. Allan Garber, To God Alone The Honor: The Pioneer Mennonite Families of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Morgantown, PA: Masthof Press, 2019), 388.